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Southwest Corridor News

Southwest Corridor Project Newsletter

Winter 1987 Vol. 4 No. 2

MBTA Moves Swiftly To Open
New SWCP Orange Line

Published by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Frederick P- Salvucci. Chairman

James F O'Leary, General Manager
Francis M. KeviJle. Director of Construction

BIRD'S EYE VIEW. This and other aerial photographs featured inside provide outstanding opportunities to view the nearly
completed SWCP trackway and Parkland at various locations between the new Forest Hills and Back Bay Stations. This photograph
shows the Parkland, from Green St. Station toward Stony Brook Station, framing the trackway, with Amory St. on the right and
Johnson Playground and Oakdale Sts. on the left.

A full-fledged effort is underway to
prepare for the opening of new Orange
Line service this spring.

Working on a nearly round-the-clock
basis, MBTA Construction personnel
and various Southwest Corridor con-
tractors are completing construction of
the new line and stations during normal
work day hours and testing the new rail
and systems during the evenings.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to
complete the signals and communica-
tions systems for the Corridor's railroad
lines, including the Needham Branch
Commuter Rail line.

On November 12, 1986, the MBTA
energized the third rail for the new
Orange Line and began testing the
power along sections of the rail between
Forest Hills and the South Cove area.
On December 1 and during the next
two weeks, test cars were delivered on
a daily basis to the vehicle storage area,
just south of Forest Hills Station, where
they were joined into two four-car test
trains. The trains then were mobilized

to commence the burning (breaking-in)
of the third rail and testing of signals
and communications equipment to
move the new line into service.

Coordination and scheduling of all
trackway activity is critical to ensure
the safety of all personnel working near
the third rail, which carries 600 volts of
electricity. This requires constant com-
munication between all MBTA project
managers, construction staffs and con-
tractors, under the direction of MBTA
Assistant Directors of Construction
Alfred J. Pacelli (overall responsibility
for all SWCP construction) and William
McNall (responsible for power, signals
and communications construction). In
addition, meetings to discuss safety
issues and SWCP progress are held
with MBTA Director of Construction
Francis M. Keville on an increasingly
frequent basis.

Safety was also the focus of a major
public information program conducted
by the MBTA prior to the energizing of
the third rail in October and early

November. More than 12,000 packets
containing information about the
dangers of the energized rail were
distributed to approximately 35 elemen-
tary and middle public and private
schools in the SWCP area. The MBTA
also issued warnings and information
about the new Orange Line through
posters, buttons, flyers, and local media.

Testing activity is expected to con-
tinue until Orange Line service is swit-
ched over from the existing elevated
line between Essex Station and Forest
Hills to the new line. This will require a
major and well-coordinated construc-
tion effort between Essex (Chinatown)
Station and the New England Medical
Center/South Cove Station, to prepare
and activate all power, signal, and com-
munications systems, enabling trains to
travel from the Orange Line in downtown
Boston to the new Southwest Corridor.

While construction and testing acti-
vity is underway, other key MBTA
departments are preparing for the

continued on page 4

SWCP Arts
Program Gains
Major Approval

The MBTA Board of Directors on
December 17, 1986, approved a contract
for the continuation of the Arts in Tran-
sit program, administered for the past
three years by URBANARTS, Inc.
Under this contract permanent works
of art will be installed in the new Orange
Line stations along the Southwest Cor-
ridor. In addition, community-based
programs in photography, oral history
and literature will take place during 1987
with the participation of Southwest Cor-
ridor residents.

Neighborhood Site committees and
Arts Panels (or juries) have worked
together since 1984 to develop in-
dividual art programs which reflect the
spirit and character of each stations
surrounding community. To date, nine
artists have been selected for eight sta-
tions: Richard Gubemick-New
England Medical Center; Bruce
Taylor- Mass. Ave.; John Scott and
PaulGoodnight-Ruggles; Susan
Thompson- Roxbury Crossing; James
Toatley-Jackson Square; Malou
Flato-Stony Brook; Virginia Gunter-
Green Street: and Dan George -Forest
Hills (Back Bay/South End, the largest
station, will commission an artist or ar-
tists during 1987). Artworks range from
colorful fabric banners, abstract wall
reliefs and a ceramic tile mural to
sculpture that is kinetic, serial, or in-
volves stained glass and wire cloth.
Four of the nine artists are Massachusetts
residents. And for several artists this
will be their first major public art com-,
mission. According to Peter C.
Calcaterra, MBTA Project Manager,
"We have been very pleased with the
level of community interest in this art
program". Assistant Project Manager,
Mary Jane O'Meara, responsible for
overseeing Arts-in-Transit for the
MBTA, agrees noting that "community
involvement has been critical throughout
the history of the Southwest Corridor
Project and is now reflected in the art
program as well."

continued on page 8

In This Issue. .

Development News
Page 3

Open Houses
Page 6

Major Opening
Festivities Planned

A/IBTA General
Manager's Message

Nearly a decade of planning, design
and construction is coming to a close as
the MBTA moves toward the scheduled
opening date of the Southwest Corridor
Project with the testing of power,
signals and communications and Orange
Line vehicles.

With just a few months remaining
before the opening, numerous MBTA
departments and contractors have
joined forces to complete, test and
make all the necessary preparations to
commence service of the new Orange
Line along the newly-constructed Cor-
ridor trackway and facilities.

The many tasks involved in opening a
new rapid transit line are monumental.
Numerous construction and testing
activities must be conducted simul-
taneously-and with careful coordina-
tion and scheduling-to ensure that
work proceeds quickly, smoothly and
safely for all involved. A myriad of
operational issues, including training
personnel to operate trains along the
new line, must be addressed, resolved
and finalized. Then, the major task of
informing the public and orienting riders
to the new line must be
accomplished -a task that will require
extra effort as the new Orange Line will
replace the existing elevated
structure -a heavily-travelled line
through an area encompassing one-
quarter of the city's population.

The MBTA faces many challenges in
the months ahead to bring a successful
ending to the Southwest Corridor Pro-
ject's numerous years of planning,
design and construction activity, and a
new beginning for the operation of the
long-awaited transportation features
that this Project will provide.

It is a historic time for all involved -
for the thousands of persons who have
supported and worked tirelessly
through the past decade to move the
Southwest Corridor Project to this
critical phase, and for the MBTA in its
ongoing effort to provide the com-
munities it serves along the Corridor -
as its entire Greater Boston service
area -with the most modem and effi-
cient transportation possible.

Con las pruebas de la energfa elec-
trica, las sehales y comunicaciones, y
los vehiculos de la Linea Anaranjada, el
MBTA se aproxima a la fecha senalada
para la inauguration del Corredor
Suroeste dando fin a mas de una decada
de planificacion, diseho y construction.
Con solo unos meses de por medio para
la apertura, numerosos departamentos
del MBTA y otros tantos contratistas
han unido sus esfuerzos para terminar,
probar y hacer todas las preparaciones '
necesarias para el comienzo del ser-
vicio en la nueva Linea Anaranjada a lo
largo de la recien construida via del
Corredor y sus dependencias.

MBTA General Manager
James F. O'Leary

La cantidad de operaciones que re-
quiere la apertura de una nueva linea de
transito es monumental, siendo
necesario que un gran numero de obras
de construccion y de actividades de
prueba se Ueven a cabo simultaneamente
y con cuidadosa coordination y pro-
gramacidn para asegurar que el trabajo
prosiga con rapidez, sin obstacuios y
libre de peligros para todos. Una
multitud de asuntos de funcionamiento,
como el entrenamiento del personal que
guiara los Irenes en la nueva linea ,
tienen que ser atendidos, resueltos y
finalizados. Despues es necesario Uevar
a cabo la tarea de informar al publico y
orientar a los pasajeros en el uso de la
nueva linea, tarea que exigira un esfuer-
zo adicional al tiempo que la nueva
Linea Anaranjada va substituyendo la
actual estructura elevada, que es una
linea con gran numero de pasajeros a
traves de un area que comprende un
cuarto de la poblacidn de la ciudad.

En los proximos meses el MBTA
debera hacer frente a la tarea de coro-
nar con exito los muchos aiios de
planificacion, diseno y construccion que
ha tornado el Proyecto del Corredor
Suroeste, y de dar comienzo a) fun-
cionamiento de las tan esperadas
facilidades de transporte que ofrecera.

Esta sera una etapa de histdrica im-
portancia para todos los interesados: las
miles de personas que han cooperado y
trabajado incansablemente durante la
ultima decada para hacer avanzar el
Proyecto del Corredor Suroeste hasta
esta fase cn'tica, asi como tambien para
el MBTA en su constante esfuerzo por
proveer a las comunidades que sirve en
el Corredor-y en toda el area de ser-
vicio de Greater Boston-con los
medios de transporte mas modemos y
eficientes en la actualidad.

As the countdown to the spring open-
ing of the new Orange Line continues,
plans are underway for a variety of
festivities and publications to mark the
occasion in style.

Special activities will include grand
opening celebrations at each of the nine
new stations. Each station party is be-
ing organized as a neighborhood event
and will feature free rides on the new
rapid transit line, family entertainment
and refreshments.

Work is also underway on numerous
special MBTA publications designed to
commemorate the opening of the long
awaited Southwest Corridor, and to ac-
quaint current and new riders with up-
dated services.

Specific information on opening day
activities will be the focus of the next
issue of the Southwest Corridor News.
A schedule of events will be provided to
local newspapers and will also be
distributed throughout each new station
neighborhood via posters and flyers.

Resumen en Espanol
Con la Uegada a las ultimas etapas de

la meta para la apertura de la Linea
Anaranjada en la primavera, continuan
los planes para las festividades y
publicaciones que daran relieve a la oca-
sidn. Las actividades especiales in-
cluiran grandes celebraciones de in-
auguracion en cada una de las nueve
estaciones nuevas, donde cada fiesta
esta siendo organizada como un evento
de la comunidad y comprendera viajes
gratis en la nueva linea de transito,
diversiones para las familias, y
refrescos.

Tambien se esta trabajando en
numerosas publicaciones especiales del
MBTA dedicadas a conmemorar la inau-
guracion del tan esperado Corredor y a
familiarizar a los actuales y futures
pasajeros con los servicios al dia.

El numero de las Noticias del Cor-
redor Suroeste correspondiente a mar-
zo anunciara los detalles de las ac-
tividades para el dia de la inauguracion.
Un horario de los eventos sera en-
tregado a los periodicos locales y sera
ademas distribuido en todos los barrios
de las nuevas estaciones por medio de
carteles y circulares.

ON CAMERA - Hazel Shears, an 8th grade student at the Mary E. Curley Mid-
dle School in Jamaica Plain, was filmed and interviewed by WNEV-TV reporter
Mark Wile and Cameraman Gerry Christi as part of the MBTA's educational/school
safety campaign to publicize the energizing of the third rail for the new SWCP
Orange Line during November. (Pholo hy Marilyn Hyderj

ALL OF THE NEW SWCP Orange Line Stations will include access for hand-
icapped and elderly passengers. Photograph shows the steel frame construction
for the lobby level elevator at the new Ruggles St. Station. Photo by Phillip De-
Joseph, MBTA construction photographer.

Southwest Corridor News, Charlene D. Pizzo, Editor

MBTA Southwest Corridor Coordination Office, 500 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
George J. Holland, Jr., Project Manager 722-5834
Contributing to this issue:

Marie B. Allen, Peter C. Calcaterra, Vicente Carbona, Bernard Cohen, Joseph L.
Dougherty, Joseph M. Connor, Barbara Delaney, Frank Ferreira, Sylvia Hill,
George J. Holland, Jr., Joanne Hughes, Tom Lindberg, Robert D. MacKay, Eileen
Meny, Daniel L. Ocasio, Mary Jane O'Meara, Alfred J. Pacelli, Dee Primm, William
J. Quinlan, Marta Salazar, Charles D. Shaker, Walter Siemiatkaska, Mary H. Snyder.
Typesetting and Graphic Design by Adams & Abbott, Inc., Boston, MA
Printing by Harwich Lithograph, Hyde Park, MA

Photos by: Harry Happeny, Ken Belovarac, William Caines, Joseph Connor, Philip
Dejoseph, David Akiba, Charlene D. Pizzo, Abbott & Boyle

Page 2

Major Land Use Decisions Set
Course For SWCP Development

GOVERNOR MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS visited several SWCP land development
sites during the past few months to announce major plans for land use along the Cor-
ridor, including his announcement last fall of plans for the development of new and af-
fordable housing on Parcel 22 in Roxbury. Participating in the announcement were
(pictured from left to right) - MBTA General Manager James F. OLeary; Lisa Chap-
nick, Director of the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department; Lieutenant
Governor Evelyn Murphy; State Rep. Kevin Fitzgerald; State Senator Royal Boiling;
Mayor Raymond L. Flynn; Governor Dukakis; Marvin Gilmore, Executive Director
of the Community Development Corporation (CDC) of Boston; Amy Anthony,
Secretary of Communities and Development for the Commonwealth; Frederick
Salvucci, Secretary of Transportation and Construction for the Commonwealth; and
Alden Raine, Governor's Development Adviser.

ATTENDING THE PARCEL 22 ANNOUNCEMENT, and photographed in front
of the new Ruggles Street Station were: (left to right) Dee Primm, SWCP Section II
Planner; Brenda Butler-Hamlett, Assistant Director of the Office of Community Af-
fairs for Northeastern University; and Hattie Dudley, Executive Director of the Mis-
sion Hill Extension Multi-Service Program.

A/IDC Seeks Park
Reservation Manager

The Metropolitan District Commis-
sion (MDC), is currently reviewing
resumes and planning to interview
candidates for the SWC Park Reserva-
tion Manager's position. Following
broadbased advertisement in local
newspapers and through the Parkland
Management Advisory Committee
(PMAC), the MDC received forty-five
resumes by the filing deadline of
December 15, 1986.

A 7-person panel, which includes
three community residents, will serve
on an interviewing committee to assist
the MDC in hiring the Reservation
Manager. The community par-
ticipants, elected at a recent PMAC
meeting, are Richard Heath, Elizabeth
Chamey, and Robert McDonnell.

Among other duties, the SWC Park
Reservation Manager will develop, im-
plement and direct high quality
resource management, cultural and
educational programs for the 52-acre
Park. He or she will also work closely
with the Metropolitan Police to insure
adequate security and involve the
community by promoting participation
of residents, neighborhood associa-
tions, and advocacy groups in the
PMAC, and develop the cooperation,
support and involvement of area
educational and cultural institutions.
Resumen en Espanol

Al presente, la Comision del Distrito
Metropolitano (MDC) se encuentra en

el proceso de revisar los documentos
acreditativos presentados por los can-
didates que seran entrevistados para
el puesto de Director de Parques del
SWCP. Como resultado de una amplia
publicidad en la prensa local, y a traves
del Comite Asesor de la Administration
de Parques (PMAC), el MDC recibio
45 de los mencionados documentos
antes del 15 de diciembre, 1986,
ultimo plazo para su presentation.

Un panel de 7 personas, incluyendo
tres residentes de la comunidad,
prestara sus servicios en el comite en-
trevistador para asistir al MDC en la
selection del Jefe de Parques. Los
participantes de la comunidad,
elegidos en una junta reciente del
PMAC, son Richard Heath, Elizabeth
Chamey, y Robert McDonnell.

Entre otras obligaciones, el Jefe de
Parques del SWCP se encargara de la
creation, implementation y direction
de programas de caracter ad-
ministrativo, cultural y educacional de
alta calidad, en las 21 hectareas del
Parque. Igualmente, debera trabajar
en estrecha colaboracion con la Policia
Metropolitana para asegurar la
adecuada seguridad, y promovera la
participation de los residentes de la
comunidad. las asociaciones de
vecinos y los grupos asesores en el
PMAC, asi como la cooperation y
apoyo de las instituciones educa-
cionales y culturales del area.

Developer kits for several land
parcels along the Southwest Corridor
Project are progressing toward adver-
tisement as a result of consensus
reached during recent Station Area
Task Force meetings for the parcels'
use. Currently, the MBTA and City of
Boston are pursuing the required ap-
provals to proceed with advertisement,
including the necessary steps to discon-
tinue the city streets that affect the
parcels.

The MBTA was scheduled to issue a
developer kit for Parcel 245 (245 West
Canton St.) in late January 1987 which
would include up to four housing units.
This South End parcel would be the in-
itial SWCP parcel to be the focus of
developer's proposals. Significant
milestones were also reached on two
other major development parcels in the
Corridor, Parcel 22 and Parcel 18.

On October 6, Governor Dukakis,
Mayor Flynn, Secretary Salvucci,
General Manager O'Leary, state and
city housing officials and community
leaders gathered at Parcel 22 near Tre-
mont St. and Ruggles St. in Roxbury to
announce a partnership between the ci-
ty/state/MBTA to create 150 to 200
units of affordable housing on the site.
The City Public Facilities Department
working with the MBTA are now pursu-
ing the final steps prior to the transfer
of state property to the City of Boston
and the subsequent issuance by both
parties of the developer kit.

Another major announcement by
Governor Dukakis and Mayor Flynn oc-
curred on November 3 with a press
conference on the Parcel 18 site in Rox-
bury announcing the advertisement of
the Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
for minority business enterprises that
may be interested in participating in the
Parcel 18 development. Responses to
the RFQ were to be forwarded to the
Boston Redevelopment Authority by
late January. Issuance of the RFQ is the
first major milestone in the develop-
ment of the Parcel 18/Kingston-Bedford
parcel to parcel linkage plan. After the
selection of the minority business
enterprise component of the developer
team, the request for developer pro-
posals for the entire Parcel 18 develop-
ment plan will be issued in the late
spring/early summer of 1987.

From the response to the RFQ the
developers will also be provided with a
listing of minority business enterprises
that will be available to provide profes-
sional services (architectural engineer-
ing, legal, marketing, financial, etc.) and
construction contracting to the
designated development team.
PARCEL 25

At Roxbury Crossing, the MBTA is
preparing a developer kit for Parcel 25,
located at Tremont and Gumey Street,
after reaching a consensus at a Station
Area Task Force Meeting in December.
The kit will include input received from
SATF Members and the results of a
preliminary market analysis by Mel
Levine and Associates, a consultant
hired by the MBTA to assist in identify-
ing the appropriate scale and type of
development in the Roxbury Crossing
area. His recommendations, which
were reviewed at the December SATF,
include 10.000 square feet of retail
space and an option for 25,000 square
feet of office space above this space,
along the Tremont St. front of Parcel 25
and commercial and light industrial uses
with an emphasis on jobs producing
businesses along the Station/Gurney
St. portion of the parcel.
On Parcel 22 A, at Tremont and New

Dudley St., the recommended uses
were for a bank or medical building.
The combined retail uses for both the
station and adjacent land parcels (25
and 22A) include 14,000 to 20,000
square feet of retail space, such as a
drug store, small supermarket, food
operation and bank. These retail uses
would reinforce the streetscape of the
existing Tremont St. business district
and establish a new neighborhood shop-
ping center at Roxbury Crossing. The
Parcel 25 developer kit-is expected to
be issued in March 1987, after the
necessary MBTA approvals are
received.

JACKSON SQUARE

In the Jackson Square area, the
MBTA, Public Facilities Department,
the City Economic Development and
Industrial Commission and SATF
members are continuing to work on
planning for the development of Parcels
69/70/71 and Parcel 35. Discussions at
past SATF meetings in September and
December 1986 focused on the land use
for these parcels:

1) housing 2) light industrial 3) hous-
ing/light industrial mix.

The SATF members from the sur-
rounding community have emphasized
the need for a thorough study of all land
uses at both the MBTA/City meetings
and their own informal meetings to
discuss potential development on the
parcels. At the December SATF
meeting a general consensus was
reached that a jobs producing land use
such as light industrial would be most
beneficial for the surrounding communi-
ty. The SATF members also requested,
in planning for the development, that
the City Public Facilities Department
and the MBTA consider what housing
opportunities in the immediate Jackson
Square area might exist to complement
the proposed light industrial
development.
RETAIL PLAN

Station retail space for all the new
Orange Line Stations will be the subject
of a retail space use plan to be
developed by the firm of Legatt, McCall
Advisors in association with Stull and
Lee Inc. This retail improvement plan
will include guidelines for signage,
space finish materials and investigate
the option of having the MBTA lease a
majority of the retail/commercial space
to a primary leaseholder. The primary
leaseholder would be a single real
estate management firm that would
sublease the station retail space to in-
dividual tenants using the guidelines
developed by Leggat, McCall and Ad-
visers/Stull and Lee as part of their
commercial land use program.

Upon completion of this plan, the
MBTA would be advertising a contract
for a primary leaseholder for the ma-
jority of station retail space in March
1987. The MBTA has been establishing
a list of businesses that have expressed
an interest in location in the new
Orange Line station retail space. The
primary leaseholder, who will be
designated in the future, will be provid-
ed with a copy of this list and will be re-
quired to select businesses which rein-
force the existing retail uses in adjacent
business areas, such as Egleston
Square, Mission Hill and Dudley
Square.

The land parcels which have been
designated for housing development-
Parcel 22, Roxbury, Parcels 30/31.
32/33, 45 in the Green Street area and
Parcels 65/65A/66 in the Boylston
Street area -will all have developer kits
(continued on page 7)

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MBTA Moves Swiftly To Open New SWCP Orange

opening of the new line. MBTA

COMPLETED SECTION I PARKLAND, adjacent to the Copley Place complex
and the Tent City construction site in the Back Bay. quickly became a popular spot
for shoppers, workers, residents and visitors to the area following its completion last
summer.

BACK BAY/SOUTH END STATION is becoming a major architectural attraction
to the Back Bay/South End area as it progresses toward completion. Shown is the
view from Dartmouth St., looking across the parkland entrance, and highlighted by
the station's laminated wood arches and glass block windows.

Transportation is scheduled to begin in-
struction for motormen personnel in
the automatic train operation (ATO)
signal system along the Corridor
Orange Line in mid-February. This
training is critical to provide for the
smooth operation of the new line upon
opening.

A major MBTA effort is underway to
provide Orange Line and other MBTA
patrons with user information prior to
and during the change over of service
and to assist passengers and ensure
safety at stations along the existing line,
particularly when these are closed and
replaced by the new SWCP Orange Line
stations. Numerous other details
relating to scheduling, operations and
public assistance are being addressed
and finalized in anticipation of this major
change in service.

Also in conjunction with the opening,
a number of activities and events are
being planned to celebrate the comple-
tion of the Southwest Corridor Project
(See related article). Further informa-
tion and announcements will be made
as the opening date approaches.

Resumen en Espafiol

Con vistas a la inauguracion de ser-
vicio en la nueva Linea Anaranjada esta
primavera, se esta llevando a cabo un
eshierzo total en las preparaciones. El
personal de construccidn del MBTA y
varios contratistas del Corredor
Suroeste dedican casi 24 horas diarias a
terminar la linea y las estaciones, traba-
jando a las horas normales del dfa,
mientras que durante la noche prueban
la via y los distintos sistemas. Al mismo
tiempo, se trata de terminar los
sistemas de senales y comunicacion de
las vias. incluyendo la del tren de
trayecto unico (commuter rail) de la
Needham Branch.

El 12 de noviembre de 1986, el MBTA
electrified el carril conductor y comen-
zo a probar la corriente en las secciones
de la via entre Forest Hills y la zona de
South Cove. El dfa 1 de diciembre, y
durante las dos semanas siguientes, se
enviaron carros de prueba diariamente
a la zona de reserva de vehiculos al sur
de la estacidn de Forest Hills, donde
fueron enganchados para formar dos
trenes de prueba de cuatro carros cada
uno, siendo despues mobilizados para
comenzar a hacer funcionar el carril
conductor y probar el equipo de senales
y comunicaciones.

Debido a los 600 voltios que conduce
el carril conductor, es de critica impor-
tancia coordinar y programar todas las
actividades de la via para asegurar la
protection de todo el personal que
trabaja cerca de ella. Esto requiere una
constante comunicacion entre todos los
jefes de proyecto del MBTA, el personal
de construccidn y los contratistas, bajo
la direction de los Directores Auxiliares
de Construccidn del MBTA: Alfred J.
Pacelli (responsable general de toda la
construccidn del SWCP) y William

Line

(continued from page 1)
McNall (responsable de construccidn
de comunicaciones y senales, y de
energia electrical . A lo anterior hay que
anadir las reuniones que se celebran
cada vez con mas frecuencia, con Fran-
cis M. Keville, Director de Construc-
cidn del MBTA, para discutir asuntos de
seguridad y el progreso del Corredor
Suroeste.

Con anterioridad a la activation del
carril conductor en octubre y principios
de noviembre, el MBTA tuvo bajo su
direccion un importante programa de in-
formation piiblica dedicado a la
seguridad. Mas de 12,000 folletos infor-
mativos sobre los peligros del carril
conductor se distribuyeron entre aproxi-
madamente 35 escuelas publicas y
privadas en los niveles primario y medio
dentro del area del SWCP. El MBTA
tambien publico avisos e information
sobre la nueva Linea Anaranjada me-
diante carteles, botones, boletines y
medios de information locales.

Las pruebas o ensayos continuaran
hasta que el servicio de la Linea
Anaranjada sea transferido desde la ac-
tual linea elevada entre las estaciones
de Essex y Forest Hills a la nueva linea.
Para esto se hara necesario un gran y
bien coordinado eshierzo de construc-
cidn entre las estaciones de Essex
(Barrio Chino) y las de New England
Medical Center y South Cove con el fin
de preparar y poner a funcionar todos
los sistemas de corriente electrica,
senales y comunicaciones, de manera
que los trenes puedan hacer el recor-
rido desde la Linea Anaranjada en el
centra de Boston hasta el nuevo Cor-
redor Suroeste.

Mientras se Uevan a cabo la construc-
cidn y las pruebas, otros departamentos
daves del MBTA se preparan para la
inauguration de la nueva linea. MBTA
Transportation empezara en febrero a
instruir al personal sobre la operation
del sistema de senales de los trenes
automaticos. Este entrenamiento es in-
dispensable para facilitar la operation
de la nueva linea.

El MBTA esta haciendo un eshierzo
para suministrar information sobre el
uso de la nueva linea a los pasajeros
antes de que ocurra el cambio de la
misma, asicomo durante este, a fin de
asistir a los pasajeros y proveer su
seguridad en las estaciones de la actual
linea, particularmente cuando estas
ultimas se cierren y sean reemplazadas
por las nuevas estaciones de la nueva
Linea Anaranjada del Corredor
Suroeste. Numerosos otros detalles
con respecto a horarios, operaciones y
asistencia publica se estan estudiando y
fihalizando en preparation para este im-
portante cambio de servicio.

En conjunto con la apertura se estan
planeando tambien una serie de ac-
tividades y eventos para celebrar la ter-
mination del Proyecto del Corredor
Suroeste (Ver articulo sobre el par-
ticular). Segun se vaya acercando la
fecha de la inauguracion, se iran ofre-
ciendo mas informes.

AERIAL VIEW OF SECTION III PARKLAND shows the area from Forest Hills
toward Green Street Station. The Casey Overpass is in the foreground, the
Williams/McBride Deck adjacent to Jamaica Plain High School facilities is in the
background, and the Forest Hills Station railroad platform is in the center.

A VIEW OF JACKSON SQUARE STATION, from the busway entrance off Col-
umbus Ave. , is shown in this photograph, taken in the early morning by MBTA Sec-
tion II Resident Engineer William Caines.

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SECTION II PARKLAND construction at the Mission Hill Deck, adjacent to
Development Parcel 22 in Roxbury, is nearing completion. Photograph shows am-
phitheater (center), basketball courts and play areas, as well as the nearly-
completed bicycle and pedestrian paths.

FROM HIGH ABOVE - this photograph provides an excellent view of the area
surrounding the existing and new Forest Hills Stations, including New Washington
St. (on left) ; the new busway, covered by stainless steel canopy and parking lot (on
right); and the Arborway Yard (at top right).

DIRECTIONAL SIGNS AND MAPS for the new Orange Line, rail lines and sta-
tions are being installed at the new SWCP stations, under a Systemwide Station Fur-
nishings Contract. The photograph shows sign frames and porcelain enamel signs
recently installed on the platforms at Roxbury Crossing Station.

SECTION I PARKLAND (from WEST CANTON/HARCOURT ST. TO MASS.
AVE.) is scheduled for completion this spring. Photograph shows the parkland from
West Newton St., looking toward Back Bay Station. The West Newton Ventilation
Shaft, featuring architectural details that complement adjoining structures, is in the
foreground.

A VTEW OF RUGGLES STREET STATION from the Forsyth Street entrance at
Northeastern University, with the newly-rehabilitated Ruggles Building at right, is
provided in the photograph by Phillip Dejoseph.

THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
WERE TAKEN BY ABBOTT-
BOYLE (COMMERCIAL
PHOTOGRAPHERS) UNDER
CONTRACT WITH VARIOUS
MBTA SOUTHWEST COR-
RIDOR PROJECT GENERAL
CONTRACTORS.

RUGGLES STREET STATION is close to completion. Aerial photograph shows
station's proximity to Northeastern University (in background) and Parcel 18
Development Site (in foreground).

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MBTA hosts Open Houses at 5 new stations

OPEN HOUSES were hosted by the MBTA at five of the
smaller, neighborhood SWCP stations during October
and November to provide area residents with a sneak
preview of their new Orange Line Stations. Photographed
at the Jackson Square Station Open House were
George J. Holland , Jr. . Project Manager for the (
MBTA's Southwest Corridor Coordination Office'(left),
and MBTA Section II Resident Engineer William Caines.

FINISHING TOUCH - MBTA Police Officer Gloria
Coleman helps a child get ready for the Open House
festivities at Stony Brook Station by assisting with a
name tag.

GREEN STREET STATION Open House attracted
numerous neighborhood residents and others who toured
the station, enjoyed a variety of pastries and socialized.
Pictured conversing are (left to right) MBTA Section III
Resident Engineer Thomas Fleming, Jamaica Plain ■
Citizen Editor Sandee Storey; and Jamaica Plain resident
Will Cochrane.

JOINING IN THE FESTIVITIES - MBTA Assistant
Director of Construction -South Alfred J. Pacelli, (right)
who is responsible for all Southwest Corridor Project
construction, is pictured at the Stony Brook Open House,
talking with Agnes Dakers of Elm St. in Jamaica Plain,
MBTA Southwest Corridor Project Manager Walter
Siemiatkaska and little Alexandra Siemiatkaska.

FAMILY OUTING -Among the hundreds of SWCP
residents who attended the Open Houses were Tom
O'Malley, his wife, Mary Wheeler, and son, Tom, of
Jamaica Plain, photographed at Stony Brook Station.

IMU Studies Corridor
Employment Needs

The MBTA and Northeastern Univer-
sity have joined forces in an effort to
maximize the number of job oppor-
tunities created by the planned
economic development of the
Southwest Corridor for residents of
Corridor neighborhoods.

MBTA General Manager James F.
O'Leary, in conjunction with the ongo-
ing cooperative agreement between the
MBTA and Northeastern University,
last fall awarded a one-year, $75,000
contract to the University's Centers for
Labor Market Studies and Urban and
Regional Economic Studies to research
the needs of potential employers for the
5.6-acre Parcel 18+ development parcel
near Northeastern and the new Ruggles
Street MBTA Station in Roxbury, and
determine how area residents may best
serve those needs. Research will in-
clude an assessment of skills currently
offered by people living near the parcel,
and will identify types of required train-
ing, education and support service.

"The major goal of this research con-
tract is to increase the ability of local
residents to benefit substantially from
the jobs and incomes generated by
economic development of the Parcel 18
area," MBTA General Manager O'Leary
explained in awarding the contract.
"This offers a tremendous opportunity
for Northeastern, the MBTA and
neighbors of Parcel 18 to work
cooperatively for a positive economic
future for all involved."

The contract resulted from extended
planning efforts by Northeastem's Of-
fice of Community Affairs, under the
direction of Joseph Warren. Warren also
serves as chairman of the Employment
Training/Child Care and MBE Subcom-
mittee of the Parcel 18+ Task Force,
a consortium of state and city agencies,
and private institutions and organiza-
tions that advise the MBTA and the
Boston Redevelopment Authority on
Parcel 18+ issues.

Also instrumental in planning and ob-
taining support for the research was
Daryl Hellman, NU economics pro-
fessor and another member of the Task
Force Subcommittee for Employment
Training/Child Care.

A Roxbury resident, Judy Bumette,
recently was hired to serve as project
manager for the research, which will be
conducted through a series of activities
during 1987. A graduate of the Harvard
Graduate School of Education, Kean
College, as well as a number of
specialized education programs, Ms.
Bumette offers extensive educational
qualifications and experience. She most
currently served as Director of Educa-
tion and Training for the Roxbury Multi-
Service Center, and formerly as Coor-
dinator of the Institute for Professional
Development for Boston Public
Schools. She also served as Director of
the Technical Assistance Project for the
Boston School System's School Im-
provement Program, and as Director of
the Developmental Program for Rox-
bury Community College. In addition.
Ms. Bumette is a member and officer
of numerous professional educational
organizations and review panels.

For further information concerning
the research, contact Northeastem's
Center for Labor Market Studies
through the Office of Community Affairs.

Resumen en Espanol

El MBTA y la Universidad de North-
eastern han unido sus fuerzas para
tratar de aumentar al maximo el numero
de oportunidades que creara el plan de
desarrollo economico del Corredor
Suroeste para sus residentes.

El pasado otofio, James F. O'Leary,
Gerente General del MBTA, en cumpli-
miento del acuerdo de cooperation en-
tre ambas entidades, hizo entrega de un
contrato de un aho, por $75,000, medi-
ante el cual el Centro de Estudios del

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ORANGE LINE TEST CARS were delivered to the Forest Hills storage yards
from the MBTA Wellington Car House in Medford by specially-designed flatbed
trailers in early December to begin testing the powefand signal systems for the
new Orange Line. Photograph by MBTA Resident Engineer Ken Belovarac.

TEST CARS were guided off the trailer and onto the Orange Line tracks with the
use of a hydraulic lift, mounted on the trailer. The photographs, taken by MBTA
Community Relations Specialist Joseph M. Connor, show the car in various
stages of transfer to the operating rail.

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SWCP Development

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finalized by the early part of this year.
The MBTA is continuing to work with
the City in order to complete the
discontinuance of city streets that run
through these parcels and to get the in-
ternal approvals needed prior to the
release of the developer kits.

At the Stony Brook SATF on October
15, the developer kit for Parcel
65/65A/66 was approved by SATF
members and a new SATF moderator
Peter "Slug" Rosenbaum was elected to
succeed Ruth Parker, the long-time
Boylston/Stony Brook moderator who
recently resigned from the position. An
additional parcel in Jamaica Plain, Parcel
53A at Green and Armory Street will be
the subject of a meeting held by the
City to consider their plan for a
municipal parking lot on the site.

Finally next spring and summer, the
MBTA will be holding public meetings
to discuss the re-use and redevelop-
ment of five parcels in the extended
Southwest Corridor area. These
parcels are the Egleston power substa-
tion (3201 Washington St.), Egleston
Station, Roslindale Square power
substation, Geary Square commuter
rail station in Hyde Park and the Central
power substation on Harrison Avenue,
in the South End. The MBTA is cur-
rently negotiating a consultant contract
with the firm of Real Estate Enterprises
Inc. which will prepare a feasibili-
ty/market analysis study and developer
kit on each of the sites. In their study it
is expected that the consultants will
look at re-use and rehabilitation of the
power substations, air rights develop-
ment at the Geary Square Commuter
rail station and redevelopment of the
Egleston Square Station site.

Resumen en Espanol

Las guias para promotores de varias
parcelas de terreno del Proyecto del
Corredor Suroeste estan avanzando
hacia la etapa publicitaria a resultas del
acuerdo tornado en las recientes reu-
niones de los Grupos de Area de Esta-
cidn sobre el uso que debfa de darse a
las parcelas. A finales de enero de 1987,
el MBTA distribuira una guia de pro-
motor para la Parcela 245 (245 West
Canton St.), la cual incluira hasta cuatro
unidades de vivienda. Esta parcela del
South End seria la primera a ser objeto
de las proposiciones de los promotores.
Dos parcelas importantes del Corredor,
la 22 y la 18, dieron tambien lugar a
otros acuerdos de trascendencia.

El 6 de octubre, el Gobernador
Dukakis, el Alcalde Flynn, el Secretario
Salvucci, y el Gerente General O'Leary,
junto con distintos funcionarios
estatales y municipales de las
autoridades de vivienda, 4 h'deres de la
comunidad , se reunieron en la Parcela
22 cerca de las calles Tremont y Rug-
gles, en Roxbury, para dar a conocer la
asociacion entre la ciudad, el estado y el
MBTA para la creation de 150 a 200
unidades-de vivienda economica en
dicho sitio. El Departamento de Obras
Piiblicas de la Ciudad, en colaboracidn
con el MBTA, esta efectuando las
ultimas gestiones antes de transferir a
la Ciudad de Boston las propiedades
estatales, despues de lo cual ambas
partes daran curso a las guias de
promotores.

El 3 de noviembre, mediante una con-
ferencia de prensa, el Gobernador
Dukakis y el Alcalde Flynn hicieron otra
importante declaration sobre la Parcela
18 de Roxbury, anunciando que se daria
a la publicidad la Solicitud de Requisitos
(RFQ) para las empresas de negocios
minoritarias que esten interesadas en
participar en el desarrollo de la Parcela 18.

Las respuestas a las RFQ debian ser
remitidas al Boston Redevelopment
Authority a finales de enero. Con la
publication de la RFQ se establece el
primer eslabon trascendental en el plan
de desarrollo de parcelas combinadas
de la Parcela 18/Kingston-Bedford.
Despues de seleccionarse la empresa
comercial minoritaria que formara parte
del equipo promotor, la solicitud de pro-
puestas de desarrollo para el plan de la
Parcela 18 en su totalidad sera anun-
ciada a finales de la primavera y prin-
cipios del verano de 1987. Como
resultado de la respuesta a la RFQ los
promotores recibiran tambien una lista
de empresas comerciales minoritarias
dispuestas a prestar servicios profe-
sionales (ingenieria arquitectdnica, ser-
vicios legales, mercadotecnica, finan-
zas, etc.) y contratacion de construc-
tion al equipo de desarrollo designado.

PARCELA 25

En Roxbury Crossing el MBTA esta
preparando una guia de promotor para
la Parcela 25, situada en las calles Tre-
mont y Gurney, despues de haber
Uegado a un acuerdo en la reunion del
Grupo de Area de Estacion celebrada
en diciembre. La guia incluira las
sugerencias de los miembros del SATF
junto con un analisis preliminar del mer-
cado por Mel Levine and Associates,
los asesores contratados por el MBTA
para ayudar a identificar la escala y el
tipo apropiado al desarrollo del area de
Roxbury Crossing, y cuyas recomenda-
ciones se estudiaron en dicha reunion.
Las mismas incluyen 10,000 pies
cuadrados de espacio comercial y una
opcion para 25,000 pies cuadrados para
oficinas arriba del anterior, en el frente
de la calle Tremont de la Parcela 25; la
parte de la estacion y la calle Gurney se
recomienda que sea usada para comer-
cios e industrias ligeras con enfasis en
negocios que produzcan empleos.

Para la Parcela 22A, en las calles Tre-
mont y New Dudley, se recomendo un
banco o un edificio medico. Los usos
combinados de negocios para la esta-
cion y las parcelas adyacentes (25 y
22A) incluyen 14,000 a 20,000 pies
cuadrados de espacio comercial, como
una farmacia, un supermercado pe-
queno, un negocio de comida, o un ban-
co. El uso de negocios acentuaria el
perfil del actual distrito comercial para
los vecinos de Roxbury Crossing. La
guia de promotor de la Parcela 25 esta
senalada para aparecer en 1987 cuando
se hayan recibido las aprobaciones del
MBTA.

JACKSON SQUARE

En la zona de Jackson Square, el
MBTA, el Departamento de Obras
Publicas. la Comision de Desarrollo
Economico e Industrial de la Ciudad, y
los miembros del SATF, contimian
trabajando en los planes para el desar-
rollo de las Parcelas 69, 70, 71 y 35. Las
discusiones de las pasadas reuniones
del SATF en septiembre y diciembre de
1986 enfocaron el uso del terreno en
estas parcelas: 1) viviendas 2) industria
ligera 3) viviendas en industria ligera
mezcladas.

Los miembros del SATF de la zona
han Uamado la atencion sobre la
necesidad de un estudio cuidadoso de
todos los usos del terreno durante las
reuniones del MBTA y la cuidad, y en
sus propias reuniones informales para
discutir el posible desarrollo de las
parcelas. En la reunion del SATF, en
diciembre, se Uegd al acuerdo general
de que el uso del terreno para producir
empleos, como por ejemplo en el caso
de una industria ligera, seria muy
beneficioso para la comunjdad contigua.

Tambien se pidio que al planear el
desarrollo, el Departamento de Obras
Publicas y el MBTA consideraran que
oportunidades de vivienda podrian
presentarse en el area inmediata de
Jackson Square para complementar el
propuesto establecimiento de una in-
dustria ligera.

RETAIL PLAN

El uso de espacio comercial en todas
las estaciones de la nueva Lfnea
Anaranjada, sera el objeto de un plan
desarrollado por la firma de Legatt,
McCall Advisors en Asociacion con Stull
and Lee Inc. Este plan incluira direc-
ciones para letreros y materiales de ter-
minado para los locales, investigara la
opcion de que el MBTA amende la
mayor parte de! espacio comercial a un
arrendatario initial. Esta seria una sola
firma de administration de bienes raices
que, a su vez, subarrendaria el espacio
a inquilinos individuals guiandose por
las normas establecidas por Leggat,
McCall Advisers/Stull y Lee como parte
de su programa de uso comercial del
terreno. Una vez finalizado el plan, el
MBTA anunciaria la oferta de contrata-
cion de dicho arrendatario initial en
marzo de 1987. El MBTA ha estado con-
feccionando una relation de comercios
que han expresado interes en
localizarse en el espacio comercial de la
nueva Lfnea Anaranjada. El arren-
datario initial recibiria una copia de esta
relation, con instrucciones de selec-
cionar aquellos negocios que com-
plementen los ya existentes en las
zonas comerciales adyacentes tales
como Egleston Square, Mission Hill y
Dudley Square.

Las parcelas que habfan sido
designates para viviendas: la 22 de
Roxbury, y las 30/31. 32/33, 45 del area
de la calle Green, asi como las
65/65A/66 del area de la calle Boylston,
contaran con sus respectivas guias de

promotores para la primera parte de
este ano. El MBTA continiia trabajando
con la Ciudad para acabar de descon-
tinuar las calles de la ciudad que
atraviesan estas parcelas y para obtener
la aprobaeion interna que requiere la
emision de las guias de promotores. El
15 de octubre fue aprobada la guia de
promotor de la parcela 65/65A/66 por
los miembros del SATF de Stony Brook
y un nuevo moderador, Peter "Slug"
Rosenbaum, fue elegido para tomar el
puesto de Ruth Parker, que ha ocupado
esa position por largo tiempo habiendo
renunciado recientemente. En Jamaica
Plain, una parcela adicional, la 53A, en
las calles Green y Armory, sera motivo
de la reunion celebrada por la Ciudad
para considerar su plan para un terreno
de estacionamiento municipal en dicho
sitio.

Al fin, en la primavera y el verano
proximos, el MBTA celebrara las reu-
niones publicas para volver a usar y
desarrollar cinco parcelas en la exten-
sion de la zona del Corredor. Dichas
parcelas son la subcentral electrica de
Egleston (3201 Washington St.), la
estacion de Egleston, la subcentral
electrica de Roslindale Square, la esta-
cion de trenes de trayecto linico (com-
muter rail) en Hyde Park y la subesta-
cion electrica central de Harrison
Avenue en el South End. El MBTA se
encuentra en el proceso de negociar un
contrato de consultor con la firma de
Real Estate Enterprises Inc. para
preparar un analisis del potential del
mercado de los distintos sitios con sus
correspondientes guias de promotores.
Se espera que el estudio enfocara las
cuestiones de la re-utilizacidn de las
centrales electricas, el desarrollo de los
derechos de propiedad del espacio
aereo en la estacion de trenes de
trayecto linico en Clearly Square, y el
nuevo desarrollo en el sitio de la esta-
cion de Egleston Square.

IMU Studies

Mercado Laboral y el Centra de Estud-
ios de Economia Urbana y Regional
analizaran las necesidades de emple-
omam'a de los posibles proveedores de
empleo en la Parcela de desarrollo 18+ ,
cerca de Northeastern y de la nueva
estacion de la calle Ruggles. en Rox-
bury, con el fin de determinar la mejor
manera en que los residentes del area
podrian Uenar esas necesidades.

"El objetivo principal de este contrato
consiste en ampliar la capacidad de los
residentes de la zona para obtener el
mayor beneficio posible de los empleos
y los ingresos producidos por el desar-
rollo economico del area de la Parcela
18+", explicd el Gerente General
O'Leary al adjudicar el contrato. "Se
trata de una magnffica oportunidad para
Northeastern, el MBTA y los vecinos
de la Parcela 18+ , de trabajar en colabo-
racion a fin de lograr un futuro economi-
co de valor positivo para todos los in-
teresados."

El contrato es producto de sostenidos
esfuerzos de planificacion por parte de
la Oficina de Asuntos Comunitarios de
la Universidad, bajo la direction de
Joseph Warren, que tambien es Direc-
tor del subcomite Employment Train-
ing/Child Care and MBE del Grupo de
Trabajo de la Parcela 18+ , un consorcio
de agencias del estado y de la ciudad
con instituciones y organizaciones pri-
vadas que asesoran al MBTA y al Boston
Redevelopment Authority sobre cues-
tiones que respectan a la Parcela 18+.

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Tambien de gran valor en la planifica-
cion y la obtencidn de respaldo para el
estudio fue Daryl Hellman, profesor de
Northeastern y miembro igualmente del
subcomite antes mencionado.

Judy Burnette, residente de Roxbury,
fue contratada recientemente para ser-
vir de directora de proyecto para el
estudio, el cual se llevara a cabo a
traves de una serie de actividades
durante 1987. Ms. Bumette, graduada
de la Escuela Graduada de Education
de Harvard, de Kean College, y de un
nuniero de programas de education
especializada, cuenta con extensos
atributos pedagdgicos y gran experien-
cia. Con fecha reciente sirvio de Direc-
tor de Education y Entrenamiento en el
Roxbury Multi-Service Center, siendo
anteriormente Coordinadora del Insti-
tute de Desarrollo Profesional para las
escuelas publicas de Boston. Tambien
ha servido de Directora del Proyecto de
Asistencia Tecnica para e! Programa de
Mejora de Escuelas del Sistema Escolar
de Boston; y de Directora del Programa
de Desarrollo para el Roxbury Com-
munity College. Ademas, Ms. Burnette
pertenece y forma parte de la directiva
de numerosas organizaciones de educa-
tion profesional y de otros tantos
paneles.

Para mas informes sobre este
estudio, sirvase dirigirse al Center for
Labor Market Studies de Northeastern,
a traves de la Oficina de Asuntos Com-
unitarios (Office of Community Affairs).

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SWCP Arts Program

The permanent art will be com-
plemented by three innovative educa-
tional art programs. The Artist's Lens: A
Focus on Relocation, a photography
project which began in 1985, pairs pro-
fessional artists with students from the
Humphrey Occupational Resource
Center in Roxbury in an effort to docu-
ment the elevated Orange Line along
Washington Street from Chinatownto
Forest Hills. Four students were selected
to participate in this semester's pro-
gram by their photography instructor,
Heg Robinson, based on their ability
and commitment to the medium. The
students are Ziad Aoude, 17. of Roslin-
dale; James Cullers, 22, of Jamaica
Plain; Ricardo Smith, 18, of Dorchester;
and Stacey Woodberry, 17, of Roxbury.
Professional photographers working on
the project include: David Akiba,
photography instructor at the Art In-
stitute of Boston and New England
School of Photography; John Lueders-
Booth, Massachusetts Artist Fellow
and photography instructor at Harvard
University; Melissa Shook, Assistant
Professor of Photography at the Univer-
sity of Massachusetts/Boston; and Lou
Jones, freelance photographer and
President of the New England Chapter
of the American Society of Magazine
Photographers. Photo historian Elise
Rachel Katz will develop a collection of
historic photographs to provide a con-
text for the more recent work. Linda
Swartz, who designed and coordinates
the project, is a Massachusetts Artist
Fellow and was recently awarded a
fellowship from the National Endow-
ment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Boston Contemporary Writers, which
begins in 1987, involves the solicitation
of manuscripts from writers/poets who
live(d) or work(ed) along the Southwest
Corridor and whose writing is drawn
from or directed to these neighborhoods.
Selected text will be permanently in-
stalled at the platform level in each sta-
tion, creating "chapters in a book" that
relate the rich culture and history of the
Southwest Corridor. Directed by Boston
poet Sam Comish, this project may be the
very first of its kind in the United States.

Also underway in 1987 is Sources of
Strength: People & History Along the
Southwest Corridor This oral history
project will involve residents of the Cor-
ridor neighborhoods in the documenta-
tion and analysis of their local history
and culture. It makes use of the reloca-
tion of the Orange Line to provide op-
portunities for people to reflect on the
changes occurring in their com-
munities, and to increase their ap-
preciation of the history and culture of
their own and surrounding neighborhoods.
Designed by Cindy Cohen, Director of
the Oral History Center in Cambridge,
this project will be done in collaboration
with Roxbury Community College.

Guidelines and applications for Arts
in Transit are still available by railing
URBANARTS, Inc. at 262-2246. Both the
permanent and educational art programs
are funded by the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Administration, and MBTA, and
administered by URBANARTS, Inc., a
Boston-based public art agency.

Resumen en Espanol

El 17 de diciembre de 1986 la Junta de
Directores del MBTA aprobo el con-
trato para la continuacidn del programa
de Artes en Trdnsito administrado por
URBANARTS, Inc. durante los ultimos
tres anos. Mediante este contrato se in-
stalaran obras de arte permanentes en
las estaciones de la nueva Linea Anaran-
jada, a lo largo del Corredor Suroeste, y
se Uevaran a cabo programas de fotografia ,
historia oral y literature, que tendran

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AN ARTIST'S VIEW - Jamaica Plain Photographer David Akiba provides a historical record of progress in this view of the old
and new Forest Hills Stations. Akiba is one of four professional photographers, who have been coupled with area student
photographers, to document the relocation of the MBTA Orange Line as one of several educational arts programs, administered
by the Southwest Corridor Project's ARTS IN TRANSIT program.

lugar en 1987 con la participation de los
residentes del Corredor Suroeste.

Desde 1984, los Comites de Vecinos
y los Jurados de Arte han estado cola-
borando en la creation de programas de
arte individuales que reflejen el espuitu
y el caracter de las comunidades de
cada estacion. Hasta el presente, se han
seleccionado a nueve artistas para ocho
estaciones: Richard Gubemick- New
England Medical Center; Bruce Taylor-
Mass. Ave.; John Scott y Paul Good-
night—Ruggles; Susan Thompson-
Roxbury Crossing; James Toatley—
Jackson Square; Malou Flato- Stony
Brook; Virginia Gunter— Green Street;
y Dan George -Forest Hills. (Back
Bay/South End, la estacion mas grande,
comisionara uno o varios artistas
durante 1987). Las obras de arte com-
prenden desde paneles colgantes de
tela en colores, hasta relieves abstractos
en las paredes y un mural de azulejos,
asi como esculturas moviles, en serie, y
otras compuestas de elementos tan
variados como cristal emplomado y tela
metalica. Cuatro de los nueve artistas
son residentes de Massachusetts, y
para varios de ellos esta sera su
primera comisidn para ejecutar una obra
de arte publico de importancia. Peter C.
Calcaterra, Jefe de Proyecto del MBTA,
nos informa: "Estamos muy com-
placidos con el nivel de interes
demostrado en la comunidad por este
programa de arte", a lo cual agrega
Mary Jane O'Meara, Jefe Auxiliar de
Proyecto y responsable de la supervi-
sion de Artes en Transito por parte de
MBTA, que "la participacion de la com-
unidad ha tenido gran importancia en la
historia del Proyecto del Corredor
Suroeste, reflejandose igualmente en el
programa de arte."

Las obras de arte permanentes ten-
dran el complemento de tres programas
de arte de caracter innovador y educative
El Lente del Artista: Un enfoque sobre la
relocalizacidn, un proyecto de fotografia
que comenzo en 1985, une a los artistas
con estudiantes del Humphrey Occupa-
tional Resource Center, en Roxbury, a
traves de un esfuerzo para documentar
la Linea Anaranjada elevada a lo largo de
la calle Washington, desde el Barrio
Chino hasta Forest Hills. Heg Robin-
son, instructor de fotografia, escogio a
cuatro estudiantes, basandose en la
habilidad de los mismos asi como en su
dedication al material de expresidn

utilizado, para participar en el programa
de este semestre. Dichos estudiantes
son: Ziad Aoude, 17, de Roslindale; James
Culler, 22, de Jamaica Plain; Ricardo
Smith, 18, de Dorchester; y Stacey
Woodberry, 17, de Roxbury. Los fotografos
profesionales incluyen a: David Akiba,
instructor de fotografia en el Art In-
stitute of Boston y New England School
of Photography; John Lueders-Booth,
Artista Becado de Massachusetts e ins-
tructor de fotografia de Harvard Univer-
sity; Melissa Shook, Profesor Auxiliar
de Fotografia en la Universidad de
Massachusetts/Boston; y Lou Jones,
fotdgrafo independiente y Presidente
del Capitulo de New England en la
American Society of Magazine Photo-
graphers. Elise Rachel Katz, historiadora
de fotografia, preparara una coleccidn
de fotos histdricas a fin de proveer un
contexto a los trabajos mas recientes.
Linda Swartz, disenadora y coordinadora
del proyecto, es una Artista Becada de
Massachusetts y recibid recientemente
una beca del National Endowment for
the Arts en Washington, D.C.

Escritores Contemporaneos de
Boston, comenzando en 1987, se en-
cargara de solicitar manuscritos de
parte de los escritores y poetas que han
residido o trabajado en el Corredor
Suroeste, o lo hacen actualmente, y
cuyas obras tiene influencias de estos
barrios o van dirigida a ellos. Fragmen-
ts textuales de los mismos seran sel-
eccionados para ser instalados en el

nivel de la plataforma en las estaciones,
creando de esta forma "capitulos de un
libro" que narran la rica culture e his-
toria del Corredor Suroeste. Dirigido
por el poeta bostoniano Sam Comish,
este proyecto puede muy bien ser el
primero de su clase en los Estados Unidos.

Fuentes de Vitalidad: Las gentesy la
historia a lo largo del Corredor Suroeste.
Este proyecto de historia oral consistira
en la participacion de los residentes de
los vecindarios del Corredor en la docu-
mentation y el analisis de su culture e
historia locales, y se servira de la relocali-
zacidn de la Linea Anaranjada para ofrecer
oportunidades a la gente de reflexionar
en los cambios que estan ocurriendo en
sus comunidades, asi como de aumen-
tar su apreciacidn de la historia y la
cultura de su propio vecindario y de los
que lo rodean. Este proyecto, disenado
por Cindy Cohen, Director del Centra
de Historia Oral en Cambridge, se
Uevara a cabo con la colaboracion de
Roxbury Community College.

Las direcciones y planillas de aplica-
cion para Artes en Trdnsito pueden
solicitarse todavia en URBANARTS,
Inc., telefono 262-2246. Ambos pro-
gramas de arte, el de obras per-
manentes y el educacional, estan
subvencionados por el U.S. Department
of Transportation, Urban Mass
Transportation Administration, y el
MBTA, y son administredos por UR-
BANARTS, Inc., una agencia de arte
publico situada en Boston.

GRAFFITI REMOVAL efforts at the new SWCP stations, trackway and Parkland
facilities are an unfortunate consequence of vandalism along the Southwest Cor-
ridor. The photograph shows water blasting activity to remove graffiti from con-
crete supports in the Parkland, near Amory St. in Jamaica Plain. Meanwhile,
MBTA Police are continuing to take a hard line approach toward arresting and pros-
ecuting trespassers in the trackway area, promising to press for stiff penalties for
any persons convicted of vandalism or graffiti-related crimes. GRAFFITI IS NOT
ART. IT IS A CRIME. GRAFFITI NO ES ARTE. GRAFFITI ES UN CRIMEN.

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